The Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes (aged in 50% new oak) displays a gorgeously perfumed and floral nose followed by an oily-textured, full-bodied, well-balanced, and feminine personality. This graceful yet powerful wine offers anise, pear, and spicy oak flavors that linger on its persistent finish. It should be at its best between 2000 and 2005. The score, noted on a range and in parentheses, indicates that the wine was tasted from barrel. I was extremely impressed with Prieur's three top wines, the Meursault Perrieres, Corton-Charlemagne, and Montrachet, which are at a level only attained by the very best Burgundian estates. Imported by William Deutsch and Sons, Armonk, NY; Tel. (914) 273-1221.